Congrats to the Nationwide K1RS Points Leaders from 2018!

It’s been another fantastic year of racing at K1 Speed! The competition was considerably tougher to get into the Top 50 this year, let alone the Top 5. Last year, one would’ve needed close to 3,800 points to get into the Elite 50 – this year you needed close to 5,000 points, so a big round of applause to everyone who made into the elite group of 50 racers! That’s a lot of racing and a lot of fastest laps/beaten opponents!

THE 2018 TOP 5 NATIONWIDE K1RS POINTS LEADERS

#5: Michael Brewington (10,342 points)

Michael Brewington, who races at Santa Clara, wasn’t even in our Top 50 last year, but this year he catapulted himself up to into the Top 5 with an impressive 10,342 points – very close to our #4 racer. Way to go, Michael!

Michael will receive:

$250 Gift Card

5 Free Races

Exclusive 2018 K1RS Top 50 Hat

#4: Mike Taylor (10,412 points)

Mike Taylor, who races at Atlanta, finished two spots higher on the leaderboard this year over 2017 and broke into the Top 5 by scoring 10,412 points – up from 8,966 points last year. Congrats, Mike!

Mike will receive:

$400 K1 Speed Gift Card

5 free races

Exclusive 2018 K1RS Top 50 Hat

#3: Orlando Rodrigues (11,184 points)

Another driver who finished two places higher than last year is Orlando Rodrigues, who races at Irvine, and is no stranger to the National Leaderboard. This year he earned 11,184 points up from 9,537 points last year – congrats, Orlando!

Orlando will receive:

3rd Place K1RS Trophy

$750 K1 Speed Gift Card

10 Free Races

Exclusive 2018 K1RS Top 50 Hat

#2: Bhanu Yedla (19,100 points)

Bhanu Yedla, who races at Atlanta, finished 16th in the National Leaderboard last year but moved up 14 places this year to finish second with a total of 19,100 points out of our Atlanta location – that’s nearly 13,000 more points than he scored last year! Bhanu was by far the closest challenger to our defending #1 racer coming up next. Congrats, Bhanu!

Bhanu will receive:

2nd Place Trophy

$950 K1 Speed Gift Card

15 Free Races

Exclusive 2018 K1RS Top 50 Hat

#1: Zachary Francavilla (20,202 points)

Zachary Francavilla, who races at Carlsbad, retained his position on top of the K1RS National Leaderboard points leader for 2018, after placing first in 2017. He scored a mind-blowing 20,202 points – nearly 1,000 points more than last year’s impressive tally. Congrats to Zachary, our overall K1RS points leader in 2018!

Zachary will receive:

1st Place Trophy

$1,250 K1 Speed Gift Card

20 Free Races

Exclusive 2018 K1RS Top 50 Hat

Congratulations to all our Top 5 once again, and if you happen to see any of these racers at their local K1 Speed take a moment and congratulate them. Then ask them for some tips.

The Complete Top 50

Now that we’ve announced the Top 5, let’s explore the rest of our Top 50 who will have their names on a plaque in every US location, and will receive an exclusive 2018 Top 50 hat. And if any of these racers are 14 years of age or older, they have also qualified for the inaugural K1 Speed World Championship, as all of them have more than 4,000 points.

Start Earning Those 2019 K1RS Points!

Now it’s time to begin the 2019 K1RS season! Will Zachary claim the number one spot yet again? Will YOU be the one to unseat him? It’s time to go racing and score those points – let’s see what you’ve all got!

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Mike Taylor

Will challengers be held to running in just adult or junior races this year? Marketing has already says that racer would be allowed to flip flop for one year when they can move up to adult races.

Staff Writer

Hello, Mike! Yes, what you said pertains to our Challenge GP/Junior League races. For Arrive & Drive racing, racers can race in either Junior or Adult karts as long as they meet and our safety requirements. Hope this clears things up!

Chris Demaras

Hey K1 Speed. Don’t you think it’s time for the “International Leaderboard”? With locations in Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, China, and France now open (and locations in 3 more countries opening soon) that National Leaderboard just doesn’t recognize the efforts of racers in 9 of 10 countries with K1 Speed locations. There;’s Canadians who would have been in the Top 100 last year, who are already in your Top 20 this year…but not listed on your leaderboard. It’s just un-America not to recognize individual achievement!

Staff Writer

Chris, not a bad idea! Hmm.. we’ll look into that! Thanks for the suggestion!

Mario Macias

Are K1RS Points reset every year? I noticed that on my first visit of 2019, I had lost all previous points and was re-set at 1200. I organize a monthly event at Addison with my car club and noticed that we were all re-set in January. I’m just trying to get some clarity.

Staff Writer

Mario, yes everybody’s K1RS points resets back to 1200 at the start of every year. Let’s see how many you can accumulate in 2019 – see you all at the track!